Daily Reading for 2026-05-02
Daily Reading for 2026-05-02
Security
Security Risk Advisors
- Email Threat Activity in Q1 2026 Was Defined by Surging QR Code Phishing, Rapidly Rotating CAPTCHA Delivery Tactics, and Continued High-Volume BEC Campaigns
- CORDIAL SPIDER And SNARKY SPIDER Use Vishing, AiTM Pages, And Malicious MFA Enrollment To Drive Rapid SaaS Data Theft And Extortion
- Copy Fail Linux Kernel Flaw Allows Unprivileged Local Users to Escalate to Root and May Enable Container Escape in Some Environments
Microsoft Security Blog
- CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vulnerability enables Linux root privilege escalation across cloud environments
- Microsoft Agent 365, now generally available, expands capabilities and integrations